1、2022届四川省乐山市（广安市）高三下学期第二次调查研究考试英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读理解To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Readers Digest, were re-starting our much-loved 100-Word-Story Competition. Please make sure that entries(参赛作品)are original, unpublished, and exactly 100 wordsnot a single word shorter or longer! Dont forge
2、t to include your full name, address, email and phone number when filling in the form. We may use entries in all print and electronic media. There are three categories:In the adult category, the winner will receive $1, 000 and a Serious Readers High Definition Floor or Table Light(value up to $400)a
3、nd the ones who finish second will receive $280. In the 12-18s category, the winner will receive a $200 book voucher(券)or an 8GB Kindle Paperwhite, and the runner-up will receive a f 100 book voucher. In the under 12 category, the winner will receive f 100 of book vouchers or an 8 GB Kindle Paperwhi
4、te, and the runner-up will receive a f50 book voucher. Please submit your stories online by 5pm on 1st May 2022, or send an entry via post addressed to: Readers Digest100-Word-Story Competition Warners Group Publications West Street Bourne PE10 9PHThe editorial team will pick a shortlist of entries
5、by 31st May 2022, and the three best stories in each category will be posted online on 1st June 2022. You can vote for your favorite, and the one with the most votes wins the top prize. Voting will close at 5pm on 30th June 2022 and the winning entries will be published in our September issue.1What
6、do we know about the 100-Word-Story Competition?AOnly students over 12 can enter it.BIt will pick out 6 best entries.CEach entry is 100 words or fewer.DIt has been held before.2What prize will be awarded to the runner-up in the adult category?A$200.B$280.C$400.D$1, 000.3When will the participants kn
7、ow if their entries have been selected?AOn 1st May 2022.BOn 31st May 2022.COn 1st June 2022.DOn 30th June 2022.Temidayo Adedokun, 31, who was born in Nigeria and now is working in America, became pregnant with her first child. She couldnt hide her joy, and couldnt wait to shop for baby clothes with
8、traditional African prints that she grew up wearing. “I was super surprised that I failed to find affordably priced African aesthetic(美学的) products that were designed from an authentic place, ” Temidayo said. Temidayo decided to take matters into her own hands. At first, she focused on creating clot
9、hes just for her baby. But then, she put some of them on a website to see what happened. The feedback she got gave her just enough confidence. She figured shed make the baby clothes an after-work side business to her full-time position as a lawyer in Oakland, California, until one day she was told s
10、he was given a boot. Once again, she needed to make her own choice. Thats when she decided to make it a full-time job. “I had to evaluate: Am I going to search for another job I dont have a great desire for?” she said. “Or am I going to take this as a chance Im not sure about myself? After all, Im n
11、ot familiar with this field. What if something unexpected happens? However, for the symbols of childrens clothing in my heart, I threw myself into it. So I chose the latter. ”Then, in March 2020, Temidayo officially announced her own brand: Ade + Ayo. Since then, Temidayo has received much praise fr
12、om other African parents informing her that her clothes help them start having conversations with their kids about what theyre wearing and allow them to show their children the treasures handed down by their ancestors. And, for those who arent African, her clothes have been a way for parents to intr
13、oduce their kids to a new and colorful world. “I feel very blessed to be able to be doing this,” she said.4How did Temidayo feel after trying to buy African aesthetic clothes?APleased.BConfident.CStressful.DDisappointed.5What does the underlined phrase “given a boot” in paragraph 4 mean?ADismissed.B
14、Promoted.CWell-known.DAccused.6What did Temidayo originally think of her creating her own brand?AIt was informal.BIt was profitable.CIt was risky.DIt was trendy.7How can we evaluate Ade + Ayo?AIts created African aesthetics.BIts spread authentic cultures.CIts targeted overseas Africans.DIts inspired
15、 peoples creativity.Western monarch butterflies (WMBs, 西部帝王蝶) fly thousands of miles every year, flying north in spring and summer, and south in fall. Now, scientists want people in the western US to give them a hand by sending in any pictures of monarchs they take this spring. WMBs, like most butte
16、rflies, help plants create seeds, which can then create more plants by spreading a dust called pollen between plants. In turn, monarchs depend on plants. They gather sweet nectar (花蜜) from flowers for food. They rest and spend their winters in trees. And they depend completely on a plant called milk
17、weed to lay their eggs. Their number has been dropping sharply since the 1980s, when 3 million to 10 million butterflies migrated (迁徙) annually from the northwestern United States to spend the winter at hundreds of sites along the California coast. In 2020, less than 2. 000 monarchs were counted in
18、the entire state. But in 2021, that number jumped to 247, 237. Scientists still dont fully understand this phenomenon. But theyre studying it, saying itll take years of tracking them to work it out. Scientists have learned a lot about where Western monarchs spend the winters. But they know much less
19、 about where they go when they leave their winter homes. Thats why scientists from several universities are organizing a project called “Western Monarch Mystery Challenge” to seek for practical assistance from “citizen scientists” in the American west. Theyre asking anyone who sees a monarch butterf
20、ly outside of their winter homes this spring to take a picture and send it to them. By collecting the pictures, along with the date and place where the pictures were taken, scientists hope to learn more about what happens to the butterflies and where they are after they leave their winter homes and
21、protect them better in the future. Last years increase in monarch number is great news. But the number of monarchs is still way below the millions of butterflies that migrated in the 1980s.8What does paragraph 2 mainly talk about concerning WMBs?AThe links between them and plants.BTheir vital import
22、ance to plants.CThe effects of plants on them.DTheir contributions to nature.9What best describes scientists when they knew about WMBs population jump?AWorried.BDoubtful.CPuzzled.DTolerant.10What do scientists intend to know about WMBs by the project?AWhat their real shapes look like.BWhy their numb
23、er increases.CHow they leave winter homes.DWhere they live in spring.11What can be a suitable title for the text?AWMBs Are Being ProtectedBHelp Is Needed to Help WMBsCWMBs Are Still in DangerDHumans Welcomes WMBs BackMany plastic products we use every day are not able to be recycled. Americans alone
24、 throw away 42 million tons of single-use plastics each year, and only 9 percent of that waste can be turned into something else. The rest ends up in landfills (垃圾填埋场), or worse, the ocean. ByFusion, founded in 2017 in Los Angeles, California, has worked out a way to put all that plastic waste to go
25、od use. It uses machines called Blockers to shape all kinds of plastics, even non-recyclables, into standard building blocks called ByBlocks that can be used to build anything. Now, BvFusion has built a pavilion (亭子) for a school with blocks made from locally collected plastics. “Plastic was not inv
26、ented to be thrown away,” the company states on their website. “Plastic is strong, flexible, and built to last. This is why plastic isnt the problem. The problem is that we dont have a good plan for its future, so now it is packed into landfills, burned at the edges of towns sending poisonous smoke
27、into the air, and there are continents of it floating at sea killing precious wildlife.”ByBlocks require no glues and are 10 pounds lighter than traditional blocks, making construction work quicker and easier, which means no special labor is needed. They wont break into pieces like concrete blocks w
28、ould. They also create zero waste to make 1 ton of plastic equals 1 ton of ByBlocks. After years of experiments that cost much, the company has installed (安装) a full production unit in L. A, where it can process 450 tons of plastic per year, and there are 12 more Blockers arriving in U. S. cities so
29、on. The company has set a goal to recycle 100 million tons of plastic waste by 2030, and it thinks the number is within reach. “If we get up to 9, 000 Blocker systems installed around the world by 2025, well make it, ” said founder Heidi Kujawa.12Why was ByFusion set up?ATo build nature-friendly lan
30、dfills.BTo produce recyclable plastics.CTo make green building materials.DTo recycle various building waste.13What is ByFusions view about plastic?AUsed plastic isnt taken seriously.BIt isnt good for human beings.CToo much plastic has been made.DThe demand for it is increasing.14What do we know abou
31、t the actual use of ByBlocks?AIt needs promoting.BIts cost-effective.CIts time-consuming.DIt asks for strict steps.15What can make ByFusion hit its 100-million-ton goal?AIts ByBlocks are recognized.BIts expenses are guaranteedCIts techniques develop fast.DIts equipment is used widely.二、七选五Confidence
32、 is at the heart of every successful person and it holds the key to success. Regardless of how knowledgeable you are in your professional field, if you lack confidence your success will be limited. _16_ The following are 3 key tricks you may learn to increase your confidence. Know yourself. Take a l
33、ong hard look in the mirror and make an honest and accurate assessment of your strengths and weaknesses. _17_ as this will increase your confidence. Meanwhile, take an effective approach toward improving your weaknesses. We all have areas in our professional and personal lives that need to be improv
34、ed. Ignoring them does not make them go away. _18_Dress for success. Whether you like it or not, people make judgments about you based upon how you dress. You only have one chance to make a good first impression. From a confidence perspective, how you dress directly reflects how you feel about yours
35、elf. _19_ if you are wearing a business suit or sweat pants and a T-shirt. Therefore, be highly aware of your appearance. Dress in a manner that reflects who you are and how you want to be perceived. _20_. You can increase your confidence by seeking out one new challenge at a time. Research shows co
36、nfident people consistently seek out new challenges. Move on to the next one when one challenge is successfully achieved. Success builds upon itself, therefore, success brings successall fueled by increased confidence!ASteady as you goBPut pressure on yourselfCContinue to build upon your strengthsDR
37、esearch shows that you will feel differently about yourselfEWhat you wear will unintentionally show your weaknesses to those around youFOn the contrary, it only holds back your success and keeps your confidence lowGActually, confidence isnt what youre born with, but something learned over time三、完形填空
38、TJ Lawlor never expected to appear in a news story. So reading an article in the local newspaper about his _21_ with Riley Dehne who has Down syndrome （唐氏综合征）, he was _22_. The author, Rileys mom Ande Dehne, says Riley has become more _23_ after he got to know TJ. One day 6 years ago, TJ was _24_ in
39、 the frozen section of the Whole Foods in Redwood City, California, when he _25_ Riley in the aisle （过道）. Riley was _26_ into the Disney movie Frozen” at the time, which was why he chose that _27_ aisle. When Riley came close to TJ, the _28_ offered a cheerful greeting and _29_ himself. After knowin
40、g something about TJ, Riley found him _30_ Then TJ asked if the teen was _31_ to help him fill the freezers, and Riley _32_ agreed as he thought staying with him was interesting. Since the _33_, theyve become great friends! Now Riley still comes into the _34_ to help TJ with duties once a week as hi
41、s mums shopping here. Its hard to _35_ someone with a disability. However, TJ didnt _36_ Riley but took the time to get to know him and find out his _37_, making him believe in himself more, Ande said. When Ande _38_ TJ in the article, TJ said its a win-win situation. As a man who has to work all da
42、y to support my family. I _39_ sometimes myself. Every time this guy comes in, nothing but smiles! TJ _40_ He cheers me up and I cheer him up. Thats what I look for in a friend. 21AhonestyBfriendshipCgenerosityDcarefulness22AfamiliarBrelaxedCsurprisedDlucky23AconfidentBnaturalClonelyDcasual24Areadin
43、gBworkingCsleepingDwaiting25ApushedBrememberedCwarnedDspotted26AhardlyBmerelyCreallyDslightly27AparticularBremoteCdifferentDsimple28AmemberBemployeeCvolunteerDfan29AencouragedBconsultedCenjoyedDintroduced30AstrictBdisturbingCpleasingDawkward31AwillingBsuitableCproudDbrave32AsuddenlyBenthusiastically
44、CeventuallyDtemporarily33ApartyBtripCmeetingDinterview34AstoreBofficeCcompanyDstation35AconfirmBremindCbelieveDunderstand36AconvinceBignoreCprohibitDobserve37AweaknessBattentionCmemoryDinterest38ApromotedBguidedCpraisedDrecommended39Aget downBcalm downCshow upDspeed up40AconcludedBrepeatedCrepliedDa
45、dded四、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Several large wooden constructions _41_ ( date) back to the Neolithic era（新石器时代) were unearthed at the Jijiaocheng ruins site, a prehistoric cultural site located in Changde City, central Chinas Hunan Province.First discovered in 1978,the site used
46、_42_ ( be) a city from the Qujialing culture period (3300 BC-2600 BC) - a Neolithic civilization, _43_ had roots in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River primarily _44_ (find) in todays Hunan and Hubei provinces.Researchers _45_ (conduct) three excavations(挖掘)at the southwestern part of
47、the city wall since 2020. More than 30 housing sites were discovered at the 721 -square-meter area, _46_ a number of wooden architectural relics unearthed that were built 4,800 years ago. Researchers think they are the most complete and _47_ (early) wooden structure building foundation in China. Besides, remains of rice husks (外壳) were also found at the site
